Sarnoff Corporation, a developer of iris imaging technology, will be demonstrating two new iris capture technologies at the Biometrics Consortium in Tampa, Fla. later this month. The two systems, called Drive-Through and Compact, are both designed to read the iris of a moving user from a distance without requiring them to stop and stare into […]

De La Rue Identity Systems is supplying the New York State DMV with the solution to issue its new enhanced driver license. The new document includes a combination of advanced anti-counterfeit and security technologies. The new document can be used in place of passports for travel by land or sea to Canada, Mexico, the Caribbean […]

Industry veteran John Doyle has joined ID solutions provider Digital Identification Solutions’ North American sales team. Doyle has nearly four decades of imaging experience in a variety of industries and companies. Most recently, he was OEM manager of sales for CCD and spectrographic cameras at Princeton Instruments in Trenton, N.J. He has also worked with […]

Governments are some of the biggest sources of ID leaks, according to the September issue of Consumer Reports magazine. Whether it’s Social Security numbers printed on the face of Medicare cards, Social Security numbers linked to traffic tickets which are then posted on the Web, or whether it’s disappearing laptops, federal, state and local governments […]

Clear registration halted after laptop stolen; Brill says traveler may not FLO The Transportation Security Administration halted Clear registration after a laptop containing personal information for 33,000 customers was stolen from a locked office at San Francisco International Airport, according to an Orlando Sentinel report. Registration has been halted until encryption software is installed on […]

Dates: October 22-24, 2008 Venue: Ronald Reagan Building & International Trade Center Location: Washington, DC URL: Smart Card Alliance 2008 Annual Conference Contact: [email protected] Description: The 2008 Smart Cards in Government Conference has grown extensively in recent years, reflecting the rapid expansion of Government identity and security initiatives. These initiatives have lead to the current […]

While the U.S. State Department and Washington States are already issuing the Passport card, some Canadian provinces are getting ready to issue the new ID cards as well, according to a report from the Regina Leader-Post. Resident of Saskatchewan will be able to apply for new Passport cards and enhanced driver licenses next April, just […]

Giesecke & Devrient will produce and supply 600,000 passports and 400,000 driver licenses to the Republic of Kosovo. G&D developed both the passport and the driver’s license in close cooperation with the Kosovar Ministry of Internal Affairs, who also had EU advisors confirm that the documents met a high security standard. Several technologies protect the […]

It’s supposed to be a high of 88 degrees in Washington on Thursday, but there may some extra sizzle in the air if FEMA has anything to say about it. FEMA will be performing a portion of its Summer Sizzle demonstration at this month’s IAB. IAB attendees, who choose to participate, will be electronically scanned […]

Students from abroad, attending college in the U.S., have a lot to assimilate. More than likely they have to deal with a new culture, perhaps master a new language, learn their way around campus and more. They also possibly have to learn a new currency and probably how to deal with this country’s banking system. […]